Of the 15 OECD countries, Korea ranked 12 with regard to the degree of importance placed on security (41.2%) and 13 in terms of perceived security (68.8%).
In terms of job characteristics, manual workers (42.7%) with a greater chance of being exposed to danger had a lower degree of importance placed on security compared to knowledge workers (47.1%).
With regard to education level, people with a high school level of education or lower (40.9%) were less concerned about security compared with those with a college education or higher (41.6%).
In terms of income level, the low income group of people (42.0%) was 15.6%p less concerned about security compared with those with high income levels (57.6%).
In order to establish a safe and secure society, it is necessary to enhance security perceptions by means of systematic education on security, starting from elementary school and continuing through middle school to high school, as well as on-going security and safety campaigns.